Raspberry Ribbon Bars

Submitted by HopeK

"Easy, colorful holiday bar recipe."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 15 bars
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 2⁄3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 cups quick oats
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup raisins
• 1⁄2 cup raspberry jam

directions

1. Heat oven to 375 F degrees.
2. Combine butter, brown sugar, vanilla until well blended.
3. Add flour and baking soda to mixture.
4. Stir in oats and nuts into existing mixture.
5. Reserve 1 cup of oat mixture for topping.
6. Press remaining mixture into 8in.
7. square baking pan.
8. Combine raisins and jam.
9. Spread raisin mixture to within 1/2 inch of edges of pan.
10. Sprinkle with reserved oat mixture.
11. Press lightly.
12. Bake at 375F degrees for 25-30 minutes until golden brown.
13. Cool in pan.
14. Cut into bars.

Reviews

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

Soft, chewy, delicous and easy! I have left out the raisins while making these. Made these this evening and they were gone in 10 minutes!

 

[Meredith K.]

These are VERY good! Easy to make and came out of the pan beautifully. Next time I may change the flour : oats ratio, as they came out a bit chewy. I pushed the jam all the way to the edges with no sticky ill effects. I was out of walnuts, so I substituted finely chopped blanched almonds, also with good result. I'm sure these will be just as good with any favorite jam; I want to try apricot, as I love that. UPDATE: I just made these again today, with a new twist. First, I did go with 1 cup each of oats and flour, with the flour being half whole wheat, and half all purpose. I'd say I like that ratio better. But the real change I tried today was to add about 1/4 cup of mini chocolate chips on top of the raspberry jam. Nice! But I think I'd use a bit more chips next time. So, once again, this is a great recipe, and I'll definitely be making it again and again! Thanks, Hope!